Cypress Avenue West Historic District

Cypress Avenue West Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Roughly bounded by St. Nicholas and Seneca Aves., Linden and Stockholm Sts., New York, New York
Coordinates:	41°36′6″N 73°53′59″W / 41.60167°N 73.89972°W / 41.60167; -73.89972Coordinates: 41°36′6″N 73°53′59″W / 41.60167°N 73.89972°W / 41.60167; -73.89972
Area:	36.5 acres (14.8 ha)
Built:	1888
Architect:	Berger,Louis, & Co.; multiple
Architectural style:	Renaissance, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Ridgewood MRA
NRHP Reference#:	83001768 [1]
Added to NRHP:	September 30, 1983

Cypress Avenue West Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 440 contributing buildings built between 1888 and 1906. They consist mainly of brick two and three story row houses with one apartment per floor and three story tenements with two apartments per floor. Also included in the district is Public School #81, St. John's Ridgewood United Methodist Church, and a row of commercial buildings. They feature Romanesque Revival style applied detailing.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Donald G. Presa (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cypress Avenue West Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7460. Retrieved 2011-02-01.  See also: "Accompanying 10 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7480.